,,iv  #aacth ,,congress  #ast ,session  
,h4 ,,res4 #bhg  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of
 ,,representatives  ,june #bh1 #bjac    
,mr4 ,swalwell of ,california 7for      
himself1 ,mr4 ,pearce1 and ,mrs4        
,lummis7 submitted the following        
resolution2 which was referred to the   
,committee on ,rules  ,,resolution      
,amending the ,rules of the ,house of   
,representatives to permit absent       
,members to participate in committee    
hearings using video conferencing and   
related technologies and to establish a 
remote voting system under which absent 
,members may cast votes in the ,house on
 motions to suspend the rules4  #a4     
,short title ,this resolution may be    
cited as the ,members ,operating to ,be 
,innovative and ,link ,everyone         
,resolution or the ,,mobile ,resolution4
  #b4 ,participation of absent members  
in committee hearings through video     
conferencing and related technologies   
7a7 ,enabling ,participation of ,absent 
,members ,rule ,,xi of the ,rules of the

 ,house of ,representatives is amended  
by adding at the end the following new  
clause3  ,participation of absent       
members#g4 ,each committee shall permit 
any member of the committee who is      
absent from the site of a hearing       
convened by the committee1 as well as   
any other individual who is invited to  
participate in the hearing and who is   
absent from the site of the hearing1 to 
use video conferencing and related      
technologies in order to participate in 
the hearing to the same extent as       
members of the committee and other      
individuals 7as the case may be7 who are
 present at the site of the meeting4 4  
7b7 ,inclusion of ,members              
,participating ,remotely in             
,determination of ,quorum ,subparagraphs
 7#b7 and 7#c7 of clause #b7;h7 of rule 
,,xi of the ,rules of the ,house of     
,representatives are each amended by    
adding at the end the following         
sentence3 ,a committee shall adopt a    
rule under which a member who           

participates in a hearing remotely      
pursuant to clause #g shall be included 
in determining the number of members    
constituting a quorum at the hearing for
 purposes of this subparagraph44  #c4   
,permitting absent members to vote      
remotely on suspension motions ,clause  
#a of rule ,,xv of the ,rules of the    
,house of ,representatives is amended by
 adding at the end the following new    
paragraph3  7d7 ,the ,clerk1 ,chief     
,administrative ,officer1 and ,sergeant 
at ,arms shall work together to develop 
and implement a secure remote voting    
system under which any member who is    
absent from the floor shall be permitted
 to cast a vote remotely on a motion to 
suspend the rules under this clause if  
the vote is taken by electronic device4 
,a member who casts such a vote using   
the remote voting system under this     
subparagraph shall be treated as present
 for purposes of determining the        
existence of a quorum for considering   
the motion4 4